RED WING, Minn. – Divers using sonar located three bodies in the Mississippi River near Diamond Island. Presumably these were the two adults and a teen-ager who went under while swimming two days earlier. Sheriff Matty Kelly declined to release the victims’ names until the regional medical examiner could complete a positive identification. The families of the missing swimmers, however, had been informed of the recovery. Two bodies were found about 6:50 a.m., the third found about 7:05 a.m. All three bodies were in the search area where the Vermillion and Cannon rivers empty into the Mississippi. The island, popular for day-camping, has no formal swimming area or supervision.
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